Don’t Buy Coffee Beans Until You Read This!

People who are not familiar with whole coffee beans and coffee often ask what so special about coffee beans in the first place when jar of regular coffee can be easily purchased and is much more convenient. That would be absolutely true if you're all about convenience. But good taste is a whole other matter.

The fact of the matter is that there are over twenty different types of coffee beans. However, they are primarily divided into two broad types. Regular coffee drinkers might already be familiar with the various types of coffee beans available and their various flavors.

Coffea Arabica is the scientific name of a type of coffee bean that makes up between sixty to seventy percent of the world's consumption. This is also the type that most people like out of the many other types. This type of coffee bean is also very expensive largely because of the strict growing conditions required to grow this type of coffee.

In order to grow these plants they have to be at least 3000 feet above the sea level and the temperature cannot go higher then the low 70's Fahrenheit. If these conditions are not meet the Coffea Aribica plant cannot thrive.

Coffee Coffea Canephora makes up between thirty to forty percent of the world's coffee consumption. This type of coffee is also commonly called Robusta. This type of coffee bean is thought to be of an inferior quality because of its bitter taste. Coffee Cofera or Robusta can be grown at around 85 degree Fahrenheit and in almost any place. However because of its bitter taste its not very popular among most people.

Coffea canephora are often used as fillers for coffea Arabica beans, which because Arabica is expensive, are often mixed with these lesser quality coffee beans. So most of the time when you buy coffee beans it's coffea Arabica mixed with Robusta in order to bring it within the reach of common people.

Whether you prefer Arabica based coffees or go for the Robusta varieties, the freshest and best tasting cup of coffee will always be made from freshly ground coffee beans. You can certainly buy a large can of supermarket coffee that is already ground up, or you may actually buy coffee beans from the same supermarket and grind it right there using their coffee grinder. But within a week or so, your ground-up coffee beans are going start tasting stale.

Instead of buying that big jar of coffee, consider your coffee drinking habits and preferences. You may want instead to buy coffee beans in smaller quantities and grind as much as you need for each potful. Most coffee grinders are reasonably priced and can, along with fresh coffee beans be indispensable when it comes to making that quality cup of freshly brewed coffee.

May 04 2009 | coffee | No Comments »